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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
7
A Chicago post office counterfeit note leads to a Secret Service pursuit across Wisconsin and Illinois. The tale ties to the Boscobel konsackers and Kate Ellis as counterfeiting threads. The excerpt ends with Peck describing circus antics and a frightened Pa fearing Delaware horsewhipping.
The Yonkers Statesman offers a humorous exchange where Jill jokes about breeches as the breach between her and her tailor. The gag centers on clothing and personal fashion frustrations.
A Ghetto photographer introduced a new practice by providing bridal costumes to brides free of charge. This allowed couples to pose in wedding attire without renting dresses, saving a day’s hire but angering rival shops. The scheme risks exposure and could spread to other photographers.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt features a boy, Tommy, asserting he aims to be bad as his father says good boys always go to bed early. The dialogue captures a child’s defiant stance tied to parental guidance.
Dr Boehme notes a hereditary haemophilia pattern seen in the Mampel family and other European lines. The disorder, affecting males with bleeding risk, is never passed from father to son but transmitted by normal mothers to their sons, study of 212 family members shows.
The remark contrasts singing habits with social tact as Cleveland Leaier quotes a quip about singing for company and causing others to growl, highlighting a lighthearted exchange on performance nerves.
The account describes Abernethy on horseback confronting a tired coyote wolf. He leaps, pins the animal, and pries its jaws apart with his gloved hand while controlling the horse. Fortescue and Lambert join later, marking the act as extraordinary.
A Ohio Farmer correspondent describes a 20 by 12 by seven foot hog house with a detailed layout of rooms for brood sows and piglets, a feed floor, trough, manure window, and removable bridge at the hog door. Costs totaled under 75 dollars, with framing of beech and maple floors, and plans for two additional windows.
A farmer praises practical on farm feeding for laying hens. He reports higher egg yields by using home grown wheat oats and corn plus pumpkins seeds buttermilk and scraps. The note cites Ohio Farmer guidance and warns against overfeeding to protect fertility and vitality.
Fishermen along the Blue and Missouri rivers report an ailment among catfish traced to overdoses of golf balls from Elm Ridge links. Initial fear of yellow fever gave way to a fishy affair where a catfish full of balls becomes worth more dead than alive, altering the dispute and market value.
A poultry expert notes that treating 1000 pounds of fowls is labor intensive. The strongest method is thorough washing with soap and water to remove lice. An alternative is applying grease under wings and at the tail and head to suffocate many lice, though not all.
A flag once carried by Gen. Fremont on his 1841 Rocky Mountain expedition is housed in a Redding vault. It was given to P. M. Reardon by Mrs. Fremont and made in her hands on the eve of the expedition. The banner features an embroidered eagle and 26 stars with a silk scarf inscribed Rocky Mountains 1841.
The piece notes hay fever will pass with time but golf is chronic and may be pursued as a long term pursuit. It implies golf as a persistent activity contrasting with hay fever’s seasonal course.
C D Smith of Michigan Agricultural College says stable should be warm enough for cow comfort but never stifling. Avoid excessive heat. emphasize ventilation with the silo placed to provide air flow and hay delivered through an exterior chute to reduce dust.
The chrysanthemum stands as the season’s crown in gardens and borders, valued for its everyday beauty and even more striking in cultivated forms. It concludes the season’s floral gifts.
The text notes a solution to a large roof hole in a henhouse by filling the top opening with straw or hay to reduce the draft caused by the ventilator. It presents a practical approach to managing airflow in a farm setting.
The Orange Judd Farmer explains a hen house made from two piano cases placed back to back with a three foot gap. Doors, ventilation openings, tarred paper or shingles, and hinges are described plus a total cost around five dollars if materials are on hand.
The article urges careful handling of hens and chicks, washing bird legs when needed, and hatching early. It recommends alfalfa as a cheap green feed and advises building small patches near yards. It warns against fat hens impacting egg production and stresses disease and parasite checks when buying fowls. Scratching sheds for winter keep hens healthy and egg production high.
The article advises setting hens in March and April to raise a brood while moulted, noting hens have little to do then and that laying in fall is inspired by turning off a dozen fine chickens.
The Dairy Voice urges use of a dairy thermometer to prevent cream spoilage. It notes that erratic churn times indicate incorrect cream temperature. Regular thermometer checks are recommended to avoid future trouble and ensure product quality.
The text advocates feeding molasses to horses and colts to assess results. It suggests the practice is economical and satisfactory and recommends gradual herd increase through careful selection while maintaining high standards.
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